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Seoul slams Japan for Dokdo claim in new school textbooks

South Korea strongly criticized Japan on Monday for intensifying its claim to Dokdo, a set of rocky islets in the East Sea, in new school textbooks, urging …

Turkmen president to visit S. Korea

Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov will visit South Korea later this week for talks with President Park Geun-hye on enhancing ties in business and …

Clues found to identify dismembered body discovered on seawall

Police said Monday they have found clues to identify a woman who was dismembered and found on a seawall south of Seoul last week. The body, presumably …

Lippert to return to podium

By Song Sang-hoU.S. Ambassador to South Korea Mark Lippert has agreed to take to the podium again at a forum to be hosted by the same organization that held a …

Hundreds busted in $15 million housing loan fraud

Prosecutors said Monday they have charged hundreds of people with swindling a combined 16 billion won ($14.7 million) from banks and a state-run company by …

Ex-Navy chief pleads not guilty in bribery trial

A former head of the Navy pleaded not guilty on Monday in a trial over allegations that he pocketed more than 700 million won ($646,000) in bribes from defense …

KOICA bolsters rural development in Senegal
KOICA bolsters rural development in Senegal

BELLY NAMARY/THIES, Senegal ― Nariel Sow, a 10-year-old resident of Belly Namary in Senegal’s northwest, had to walk around 3 kilometers several times a …

KOICA strives to empower women in Ivory Coast
KOICA strives to empower women in Ivory Coast

SEGUELA/ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast ― Women chatter away in twos and threes as they lean over their bedsides at the neatly arranged patient rooms in a provincial …

Romanian exhibition illuminates communist life
Romanian exhibition illuminates communist life

A group of Romanian artists is displaying work that delves into life during and after communism, revealing a complex world of creativity and resistance. The …

German firms glitter at Seoul Motor Show
German firms glitter at Seoul Motor Show

The German Association of Automotive Industry (VDA) has showcased the latest technology and opened the doors for medium-sized suppliers at a pavilion at the …

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